skipnchar wrote:
Turn them into consumer protection because it's against the law in most states. There ARE ways around it, like giving discounts based on the amount of services they provide over a period of time but it usually must be a formal system with records being kept and it must be published. Preferential pricing based on "nothing" is not fair business practices. They can DISCOUNT someones bill but the total charge rate must be the same.
Usually when you find a dealership that doesn't WANT non local business it's because they have a poor record of doing warranty repairs correctly the first try and manufacturers only pay for them once. If I find a dealer who doesn't WANT my business I consider myself lucky to find out about him before experiencing his shoddy work.
Where did you come up with that make-believe law? A business can charge anything they want and give any discount they want. They don't have to keep records of who they give a discount to or why. They might keep those records for their own marketing and business planning purposes, but no government agency has any right to that information. It may be illegal to overcharge a posted rate, depending upon the situation, but discounts are almost universally allowed, with few exceptions, unless some civil rights violation is occuring.
